TRP's 20 worst sentences

Otto ottosell at googlemail.com
Sat Sep 19 23:21:34 CDT 2009


That's not true, Keith, and you know that.

We've discussed the "content", the "politics" in those four sentences,
but never the grammar. I can't find verbs used wrongly.

2009/9/19 Keith <keithsz at mac.com>:
> It's been debated here ad nauseum already. Those are just my choices for his
> worst sentences. Check the archives for the explanation.
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> On Sep 19, 2009, at 7:31 AM, Otto wrote:
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> If you cannot explain why "it all falls apart" you're saying nothing.
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> 2009/9/19 Keith <keithsz at mac.com>:
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>> I like what he's trying to say there a lot. When the homeland gets scared,
>> the homeland goes fascist.  But when you read it closely it all falls
>> apart.
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